Cultivating Community Assets

While the sites of former companies continue to have assets that are attractive to new companies, such as rail and barge infrastructure or central transportation access, many of these sites also sit near the center of their communities with assets for recreation and quality of life.

Whether preparing a steel site for a walkable residential community, creating one of the first downtown residences, facilitating the construction of miles of bike trails, or implementing the community vision for a multi-use site, RIDC has turned the region’s old sites into places communities can reclaim and use as catalysts for continued growth.